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shareWho we define ourselves as can be ever-changing. This collection of narrative short films explores that reality and dares to ask us ‘who do we really want to be?
In this program
A Big Star
Directed by Austin Kane Anderson
A lonely artist documents the final days of his life after his one-man show ends in disaster. This pitch black drama comedy explores failure, identity, and the thin line between self-belief and self-destruction.
Ornamental Horticulture
Directed by Sam Hyatt
After experiencing the wrath of the internet firsthand, an aspiring succulent influencer struggles to make her second post.
God Dammit
Directed by Chance Saller
After a career-ending injury shatters the identity of an up and coming jiu jitsu athlete(Charlie Morgan Patton), a freak accident sends her on a combative encounter with a football-loving God (Kate Flannery), forcing her to confront the pain, absurdity, and beauty of staying alive.
GOOD-MAN
Directed by JM Salamone
Set in suburban America, Henry Goodman fights to liberate his own mind and overcome his father’s small-town ideas of being a good man.
Three Days in Tlaquepaque
Directed by Duncan Analco
As the winter grows harsh, a woman pens a letter to a lover who no longer writes.
I Know it’s Me.
Directed by Astin Rocks.
Karina makes an important decision about her mental health on the dawn on her new abilities.
Classic Water
Directed by Matthew Koebele
A young man from the city tries to find solace in his father’s hobbies
This Is Private
A stripper cunningly decides to use her private dances as therapy sessions in order to prevail in her collegiate psychology class.
A Different Palate
Directed by Justin Duggan
A young sommelier panics when he realizes he enjoys low quality wine.
IDYLL
Directed by Austin Cauldwell
A quiet, unseen young woman is stuck in the repetition of an unremarkable life—until a VR platform offers an escape: the chance to become the version of herself she’s always imagined. At first it feels comforting, even empowering. But as her virtual persona begins to thrive, the line between illusion and reality blurs and her real life starts to unravel.
